Roads to Gettysburg Section American Revolution In the mid 1700s the English Donation In the mid 1700s the English captain of a trading ship that made runs between England and the Virginia colony fathered a child by an enslaved woman living near Williamsburg Kennedy excelled on television and charmed reporters to hide his personal life The men of the Union and Confederate armies experienced a mix of emotions during Robert E 1863 provides a day by day account of the preliminary phases of the campaign and follows the two armies from their positions in central Virginia after the Battle of Chancellorsville to their final arrival on the battlefield